Before starting my businesses on the Cape, I used to work at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and several other nuclear power plants. Pilgrim, then and now, has a perfect safety record for spent fuel storage and is beginning to move some spent fuel from the pool to dry casks. Both methods are deemed equally safe by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The U.S. nuclear fleet is the safest provider of domestic baseload power generation for its workers and surrounding communities. This results from strict industry standards, constant learning and refining of procedures and protocols — both plant-specific and industrywide — as well as highly trained operators and plant staff that heed the NRC's stringent oversight.

Sens. Ed Markey, Bernie Sanders and Barbara Boxer claim their Dry Cask Storage Act of 2014 will improve nuclear safety, but its one-size-fits-all standard will actually inhibit the NRC's ability to account for the intricacies of specific nuclear facilities.